Love, Essie - The Podcast

This week I talk about What an Earl Wants by Shirley Karr, a historical with "Jo" dressing like a man, Rock Hard Gargoyle by Maggie Mayhem with a woman who had no clue she was witchy, A Pack for Spring by Emilia Emerson with an omega who designs cat outfits, Bonds of Justice by Nalini Singh with a J-Psy and cop who give me Law & Order vibes and Claimed by an Alien Pizza Guy by Alison...

This week I talk about Blaze of Memory by Nalini Singh and how much this book hits the grief parts of me :/ Also if you're watching Line of Fire on NBC, let me know your thoughts! Thanks for listening 😘 Come find me on the socials: Threads - @molessie Instagram - @essiemv TikTok - @essiemv YouTube - Yap with Esther Everything else: https://linktr.ee/essiemv

This week I share my thoughts on Catherine Cowles cover for book 4 in the Starlight Grove series and then realized that the Cozyverse series written by Eliana Lee and Emilia Emerson is also set in a town called Starlight Grove! Thanks for listening 😘 Come find me on the socials: Threads - @molessie Instagram - @essiemv TikTok - @essiemv YouTube - Yap with Esther Everything else: https://linktr.ee...

This week I talk about some romance! Wild Things by Jennifer Ashley has a shifter/human psychic pairing. The Duke and the Widow by Christina Diane has a virgin male main character! A Pack for Winter by Eliana Lee is another Cozyverse book I'm loving and just as high heat as Summer's book. Bound By Your Touch by Meredith Duran has Lydia and James' father's switching roles by the end...

This week I talk about my current reads, two of which unfortunately for me end in cliffhangers: Fated to the Band by KT Strange, a why choose romance with a witch and her five werewolf mates and Silver Santa by Lacey Silks a contemporary romance with a security professional/cop and a billionaire. My other two reads are Bound By Your Touch by Meredith Duran a historical romance between a bluestocki...

This week I talk about two small town romances I finished reading that are very different! A Pack for Summer by Eliana Lee is an omegaverse, why choose, cozy romance with HIGH heat! Tonight and Forever by Brenda Jackson was published in 1995 (31 years ago🤯) and is a Black contemporary romance with two main characters who have to work through their past traumas while adjusting to living in a small...

This week I share my thoughts on Branded By Fire by Nalini Singh and how I think it ties into Cold Redemption which will be out in December. If spoilers are not your jam, if fan theories about the next book, bug you mucho mas please stop at 10:26 and jump ahead to 59:07. For the amazing musicians I mentioned, they can all be found on TikTok and these are their names with their TikTok handles: Tim...

This week I talk about two books I've reread because I love to do that: Chasing Savannah by Dria Andersen and Hostage to Pleasure by Nalini Singh. Dria's book is a standalone and Nalini's is book 5 in the series. If you're looking for shifters and a paranormal world either book is a great option and Chasing Savannah has a throuple (a trio) while Hostage to Pleasure is an enemies to...

This week I talk about three books: Big Stick Energy by Sarina Bowen, Mine To Possess by Nalini Singh and Dragon in the Deep by Kaylee Pike. It's a bit spoilery so if you hate spoilers, go read the books and come back to listen! Thanks for listening 😘 Come find me on the socials: Threads - @molessie Instagram - @essiemv TikTok - @essiemv YouTube - Yap with Esther Everything else: https://link...

This week I share my thoughts on BTG which starting next week will be found on YT and TT. Rescue The Night by Christine DePetrillo is a contemporary romance with a female main character who falls for her brother's best friend. It's a good first book in a series and reminds me in some ways of the overprotectiveness that we see in Caressed By Ice by Nalini Singh, which has another sister dea...

This week I talk about BTG and why I want Heather to be a big bad! My reading includes Die For Me by Shirlene Obuobi, The Rejected Omega by Sara Sellers, Visions of Heat by Nalini Singh, and Fake Dating Her Yeti by Neva Post. To donate to the World Central Kitchen's response to the earthquake in Colombia on August 10, 2026 please click here: https://wck.org/news/colombia-quake/ Thanks for list...

This week I talk about my thoughts on Beyond The Gates, a few thoughts on the other CBS soaps as well as books I've been reading - Die For Me by Shirlene Obuobi, Visions of Heat by Nalini Singh, and Big Stick Energy by Sarina Bowen. Thanks for listening 😘 Come find me on the socials: Threads - @molessie Instagram - @essiemv TikTok - @essiemv Everything else: https://linktr.ee/essiemv

This week I talk about BTG and it's drama, Into the Fading Twilight by Catherine Cowles which is romance with murder, Die for Me by Shirlene Obuobi which might have vampires, Slave to Sensation by Nalini Singh which is a reread 😍 and my thoughts on physical media and how important it is and why video calls are so much better than I thought they would be as a teenager! Thanks for listening 😘...

This week I talk about BTG with a smattering of B&B. The Ones Who Got Away by Roni Loren is a great second chance, Becoming a Vincent by C. M. Owens is a best friends to lover and Slave to Sensation is enemies to lovers in case your TBR needs some new books!! Thanks for listening 😘 Come find me on the socials: Threads - @molessie Instagram - @essiemv TikTok - @essiemv Everything else: https:/...

This week I talk about the 15 Daytime Emmy nominations Beyond The Gates received, why I'm rereading Slave to Sensation for the 6th time ( I think, might be 7th 😆) plus the Innocent Next Door by Shelley Munro (book whose title evaded me) along with World cup and Home Run Derby thoughts. Thanks for listening 😘 Come find me on the socials: Threads - @molessie Instagram - @essiemv TikTok - @essi...

This week I yap about how BTG (Beyond The Gates) has me feeling, Zoe York 's Reckless at Heart and how sometimes books just don't hit the spot. I also mention Taryn Delanie Smith who's videos on TikTok and Instagram always brighten my day! Thanks for listening 😘 Come find me on the socials: Threads - @molessie Instagram - @essiemv TikTok - @essiemv Everything else: https://linktr.ee/e...

This week I gush about The Spymaster's Lady by Joanna Bourne! It's a 5 star read for me and a really great example of enemies to lovers. Spoilers start at 9:24. I also share some odd thoughts and talk about my dad. If grief and loss of a parent is not what you need at this time, stop at 44:20. Thanks for listening 😘 Come find me on the socials: Threads - @molessie Instagram - @essiemv Tik...

This week I share my thoughts on Kat and Eva on BTG, the Knicks parade and the books I'm currently reading: Knight's Seduction by Sherilee Gray, Call Me by Alison Kent and The Spymaster's Lady by Joanna Bourne Thanks for listening 😘 Come find me on the socials: Threads - @molessie Instagram - @essiemv TikTok - @essiemv Everything else: https://linktr.ee/essiemv

This week it’s about the Knicks, the World Cup and romance novels I read and enjoyed! The Ex-Vows by Jessica Joyce was a great contemporary second chance (I’m a bit spoilery, my bad!) Bride of the Kalisars by Dayna Styles was also quite good, it’s a why-choose romantasy lite book with a throuple that works. Thanks for listening 😘 Come find me on the socials: Threads - @molessie Instagram - @essie...

This week my love of Nalini Singh's Archangel's Eternity is on display and spoilers start at 22:13 and end at 52:29. Please do yourself a favor and read this series 🤩❤️🤩 I do have a rant for Beyond The Gates, sorry not sorry and for the foolishness around the World Cup and Game 3 of the NBA finals. Thanks for listening 😘 Come find me on the socials: Threads - @molessie Instagram - @essi...

This week Beyond The Gates has been good but like maddening and I'm both glad and ready for Bill to reap the consequences of letting Hayley destroy what was left of his marriage. For books The Paris Match by Kate Clayborn ended well and I'm glad I got to read it, Mate by Ali Hazelwood was a good return to her PRN world and Ruger by Rose Dior was sadly no good. Some Summer House thoughts to...

This week I talk about BTG and how I'm tired of Ashley and ready for Kial's deceased wife be Joey's sister who faked her death lol! I finished Rebel Who Cried Wolf by Brianna West which didn't have quite the ending I would have liked. I'm around the seventy percent mark of The Paris Match by Kate Clayborn and it's a phenomenal book!! I love Griff, Layla and my fave city 🤩...

This week I talk about all the drama on BTG with the Cotillion and the plasma storyline plus who got shot! For books I'm reading The Reasons for Marriage by Stephanie Laurens, The Care and Feeding of Meddling Himbos by Kristin Lance and finished Fragile Heart by Jillian Rink. I'm definitely a fan of throuples lol. I'm also loving women's sports and so happy for the Montreal Victoir...

This week I talk about BTG and why I'm over the Impaler storyline and ready for it to be over. I finally finished Text Me Maybe by Matilda Madison! I also share some non spoiler thoughts on Archangel's Eternity by Nalini Singh as well as my enjoyment of The Lady Risks All by Stephanie Laurens. Please if you know anyone in romance publishing share this episode with them as I NEED mass marke...

This week I talk about why I hope there's a connection between Lia/Leah, Lynette, Marcel and Randy on Beyond The Gates. For books I share my thoughts on Filling Their Tailoress by Elizabeth Roubaix, The Honor of Being Hers by Sofia Faye, and a brief mention spoiler free on Archangel's Eternity by Nalini Singh which at 59% is everything I could've asked for and more! Thanks for listenin...